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4What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the oil-fountain of an Argand burner, ofa-sheetmetal tube, so inserted in the top of the fountain as to projectboth below and above said top, the part projecting above the fountainbeing so arranged as to surround the wick-tube and support the removablepart of the burner, substantially as herein shown and set forth, whilethe part projecting below the top shall not extend much below theordinary level of the oil, that is, only so far as to admit of its beingsoldered, or otherwise secured to the top.

2. In combination with the burner-supporting tube,

Witnesses;

W. BAILEY, EDM. F. Bnowx.

